[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 56547-56553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22442]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 130123065-4768-01]
RIN 0648-BC95


Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 
Amendment 18 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 18 to the 
Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and 
Recreational Salmon Fisheries off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and 
California (FMP). Amendment 18, which was transmitted by the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council (PFMC) on June 10, 2014, revises the 
description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH) for 
Pacific salmon managed under the FMP, designates habitat areas of 
particular concern (HAPCs), updates the current information on fishing 
activities, and updates the list of non-fishing related activities that 
may adversely affect EFH and potential conservation and enhancement 
measures to minimize those effects.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before 
October 22, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2014-0071, 
by any one of the following methods:
     Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov. To submit comments via the e-Rulemaking Portal, 
enter NOAA-NMFS-2014-0071 in the search box. Locate the document you 
wish to comment on from the resulting list and click on the ``Submit a 
Comment'' icon on the right of that line.
     Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr., Regional Administrator, West 
Coast Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115-0070.
    Instructions: Comments must be submitted by one of the above 
methods to ensure that the comments are received, documented, and 
considered by NMFS. Comments sent by any other method, to any other 
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period, 
may not be considered. All comments received are a part of the public 
record and will generally be posted for public viewing on http://www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying 
information (e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted voluntarily by the 
sender will be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential business 
information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. NMFS will 
accept anonymous comments (enter N/A in the required fields if you wish 
to remain anonymous). Attachments to electronic comments will be 
accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file 
formats only.
    Information relevant to this proposed rule, which includes an EA 
with a regulatory impact review (RIR), is available for public review 
during business hours at the office of the PFMC, at 7700 NE Ambassador 
Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220, phone: 503-820-2280, and is 
posted on its Web site (http://www.pcouncil.org/salmon/fishery-management-plan/amendments-in-development/). These documents are also 
linked on the NMFS West Coast Region Web site (http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries/salmon_steelhead/salmon_and_steelhead_fisheries.html). Copies of 
additional reports referred to in this

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document may also be obtained from the PFMC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Mundy at 206-526-4323.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The identification and description of EFH for salmon stocks managed 
under the FMP were originally developed in Amendment 14 to the FMP (66 
FR 29238, May 30, 2001), and codified by NMFS at 50 CFR 660.412 in 2008 
(73 FR 60987, October 15, 2008). The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (MSA) requires periodic review of EFH 
provisions, and revision or amendment of those provisions, as 
warranted, based on available information (50 CFR 600.815(a)(10)). In 
2009, the PFMC and NMFS established and staffed a Pacific Coast Salmon 
EFH Oversight Panel (Panel) to review salmon EFH and new information 
relevant to salmon EFH, and to make recommendations as to whether 
revisions would be appropriate. The Panel recommended modifications to 
Pacific salmon EFH in a final report submitted to the PFMC (Stadler et 
al. 2011). At its April 2011 meeting, the PFMC initiated an FMP 
amendment to address the Panel's recommendations. The PFMC adopted 
modifications to salmon EFH contained in Amendment 18 at their 
September 2013 meeting, and transmitted the proposed amendment, and a 
draft environmental assessment (EA) to NMFS on June 10, 2014. NMFS 
published a notice of availability and request for comments in the 
Federal Register (79 FR 34272, June 16, 2014); after a 60-day comment 
period, no comments were received. Amendment 18 was approved by the 
Secretary of Commerce on September 12, 2014.

Components of Amendment 18

    Amendment 18, as proposed, would modify the FMP in four sections, 
including Appendix A. These modifications, and their rationale, are 
described below under the titles of the affected FMP sections.

FMP Section 4.1.1--Identification and Description

    Prior to Amendment 18, estuarine and marine EFH for salmon extends 
from the nearshore and tidal submerged environments within state 
territorial waters out to the full extent of the exclusive economic 
zone (200 nautical miles) offshore of Washington, Oregon, and 
California north of Point Conception. The shoreward boundary is vague 
and does not take into account tidal fluctuations. Amendment 18 would 
add specificity to this boundary by describing it as extending from the 
extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal submerged environments. 
The offshore boundary remains the extent of the U.S. exclusive economic 
zone offshore of Washington, Oregon, and California north of Point 
Conception, but Amendment 18 would add the metric equivalent of 370.4 
km.
    Due to the migratory nature of salmon, some stocks managed by the 
PFMC spend part of their life history occupying Alaskan waters, but not 
all salmon stocks found Alaskan waters are PFMC-managed stocks. In the 
current FMP, Pacific Coast salmon EFH is described as including the 
marine areas off Alaska designated as salmon EFH by the North Pacific 
Fishery Management Council (NPFMC), regardless of the stocks for which 
the NPFMC designated the EFH. Amendment 18 would clarify that Pacific 
salmon EFH as designated by the PFMC includes areas designated as EFH 
by the NPFMC only for stocks managed by the PFMC.
    Prior to Amendment 18, freshwater salmon EFH is identified as: all 
currently viable water bodies and most of the habitat historically 
accessible to salmon (except above certain impassable natural 
barriers). Amendment 18 would change this language to read: The 
geographic extent of freshwater EFH is identified as all water bodies 
currently or historically occupied by PFMC-managed salmon in 
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California as identified in Table 1 of 
Appendix A. The new language eliminates the undefined term ``currently 
viable,'' and replaces it with ``currently occupied'' and the term 
``historically accessible'' with ``historically occupied.'' These terms 
are consistent with the definition of EFH at 50 CFR 600.10. It also 
clarifies that EFH is designated for salmon stocks managed under the 
FMP.

FMP Section 4.12--Adverse Effects of Fishing on Essential Fish Habitat

    Amendment 18 would make minor changes to this section that are 
largely editorial and grammatical.

FMP Section 4.14--Procedures for Amending Salmon EFH

    Amendment 18 would add new section 4.14 to the FMP, to bring the 
FMP into compliance with regulations at 50 CFR 600.815(a)(10), which 
require the FMP to outline the procedures the PFMC will follow to 
review and revise EFH information. Revisions to Pacific Coast salmon 
EFH could be made when the PFMC determines that such action is 
warranted by new information that has become available. Such new 
information is typically generated during the periodic reviews, but 
could come before the PFMC through other established avenues. The 
process could typically be accomplished via a three-meeting PFMC 
process and would require PFMC advisory bodies to assess and make 
recommendations to the PFMC regarding changes to Appendix A. Upon the 
PFMC's adoption of any revisions, further procedures may be required to 
implement the revisions as advised by the Secretary.

FMP Appendix A--Identification and Description of Essential Fish 
Habitat, Adverse Impacts, and Conservation Measures

    Under Amendment 18, Appendix A would be revised, including a table 
listing the freshwater EFH designations using United States Geological 
Survey (USGS) 4th field HUs. The information used to revise Appendix A 
comes largely from the Panel's report (Stadler et al. 2011) and is 
based on the best scientific information available. The proposed 
Appendix A can be found on the PFMC's Web site (www.pcouncil.org). 
Amendment 18 includes revisions to the EFH descriptions in Appendix A 
for Chinook, coho, and pink salmon stocks managed under the FMP to 
reflect currently available information regarding habitat currently or 
historically occupied by salmon and changes made by USGS to its HUs. As 
a result, some HUs identified as EFH in the current Amendment 18 would 
be de-designated, others would be added, and identifying information 
about some HUs would be modified to reflect USGS' new designations. The 
proposed Appendix also designates five types of habitat as HAPCs: 
Complex channels and floodplain habitats, thermal refugia, spawning 
habitat, estuaries, and marine and estuarine submerged aquatic 
vegetation. Amendment 18 makes only minor changes to fishing activities 
affecting salmon EFH; the description of fishing activities is updated, 
impacts from derelict gear is added, and harvest of prey species is 
updated. The Amendment expands the list of non-fishing activities that 
may affect salmon EFH to include the following: Alternative energy 
development, coal export terminal facilities, culvert construction, 
desalination, flood control maintenance, liquefied natural gas 
projects, overwater structures, pesticide use, and power plant intakes. 
Amendment 18 revises criteria for considering designation of habitat 
above impassable dams as EFH and updates existing designations to 
reflect new information.

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Changes to Regulations

    This proposed Rule includes changes to the existing regulations at 
50 CFR 660.412 to implement Amendment 18. These are described below.

 Sec.  660.412--EFH identifications and descriptions for 
Pacific salmon

    This section is revised in its entirety to update the specific EFH 
identifications and descriptions for Pacific salmon in Washington, 
Idaho, Oregon, and California, as proposed in Amendment 18 to the FMP. 
These changes include adding specificity to this boundary by describing 
it as extending from the extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal 
submerged environments; clarifying that Pacific salmon EFH as 
designated by the PFMC includes areas designated as EFH by the NPFMC 
only for stocks managed by the PFMC; and adding new language 
eliminating the undefined term ``historically accessible'' with 
``historically occupied.'' Table 1 has been rewritten to update 
freshwater EFH designations for Chinook, coho, and pink salmon stocks 
managed under the FMP using USGS 4th field HUs.

Classification

    Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the MSA, the NMFS Assistant 
Administrator has determined that this proposed rule is consistent with 
Amendment 18, the Pacific Salmon Fishery Management Plan, the MSA, and 
other applicable law, subject to further consideration after public 
comment.
    This proposed rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    A Draft EA has been prepared for Amendment 18; a copy of the Draft 
EA is available online at http://www.pcouncil.org/. The Draft EA 
includes a regulatory impact review (RIR) prepared by NMFS.
    The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce 
certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration that this proposed rule, if adopted, would not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    The purpose of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) is to relieve 
small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental entities 
of burdensome regulations and record-keeping requirements. Major goals 
of the RFA are: (1) To increase agency awareness and understanding of 
the impact of their regulations on small business, (2) to require 
agencies communicate and explain their findings to the public, and (3) 
to encourage agencies to use flexibility and to provide regulatory 
relief to small entities. The RFA emphasizes predicting impacts on 
small entities as a group distinct from other entities and the 
consideration of alternatives that may minimize the impacts while still 
achieving the stated objective of the action. An initial regulatory 
flexibility analysis (IRFA) is conducted unless it is determined that 
an action will not have a ``significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities.''
    The objective of this proposed rule is to revise and update the EFH 
provisions of the Salmon FMP that were previously approved by the 
Secretary of Commerce in 2000 (66 FR 29238, May 30, 2001). EFH 
provisions are required under the MSA (16 U.S.C. 1802(b)(7)). This rule 
would impact vessels harvesting salmon from the ocean troll fishery. 
The following fishery information is found in the 2013 Stock Assessment 
and Fisheries Evaluation report (PFMC 2014). In 2013, there were 2,270 
permits issued for this fishery, with a total exvessel value of $34.1 
million. Of the 2,270 permits, only 1,177 actually landed salmon. In 
California, 670 vessels landed salmon for an exvessel value of $23.6 
million; in Oregon, 399 vessels landed salmon for an exvessel value of 
$7.6 million; and in Washington, 108 vessels landed salmon for an 
exvessel value of $2.8 million. Treaty Indian ocean fisheries landed 
salmon with an exvessel value of $6.4 million.
    On June 12, 2014, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued an 
interim final rule revising the small business size standards for 
several industries effective July 14, 2014 (79 FR 33467 (June 12, 
2014)). The rule increased the size standard from $19.0 to $20.5 
million for finfish fishing, from $5 to $5.5 million for shellfish 
fishing, and from $7.0 million to $7.5 million for other marine 
fishing, for-hire businesses, and marinas. Based on this size standard, 
all vessels harvesting salmon from the ocean troll fishery are 
considered small under the Small Business Administration approved 
definition of a small fish harvester. Therefore, there can be no 
disproportionate impacts between small and large vessels. Furthermore, 
there are no disproportionate impacts based on homeport, gear type, or 
vessel size from the promulgation of this proposed rule.
    This proposed rule would not result in any immediate impacts on 
revenues or costs for the small entities participating in the Pacific 
salmon fishery because it does not contain any new management measures 
that would have specific economic impact on the fishery. However, 
future rulemakings that are promulgated by NMFS on behalf of the 
Secretary may be based in part on the identification and description of 
the EFH and such actions would likely have specific measurable impacts 
on the small entities participating in the fishery.
    As a result, an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not 
required and none has been prepared. NMFS will conduct the appropriate 
analyses for any subsequent rulemakings stemming from this proposed 
rule.
    This proposed rule would not establish any new reporting or 
recordkeeping requirements. This proposed rule does not include a 
collection of information. No Federal rules have been identified that 
duplicate, overlap, or conflict with this action.
    This action is not expected to have adverse effects on any listed 
species or critical habitat. As described in the EA for Amendment 18, 
this action may have minimal effects on listed species in freshwater 
areas where EFH designations would change slightly under the preferred 
alternative. NMFS has consulted with itself under ESA section 7 and 
prepared a memo concluding that implementation of the preferred 
alternative is not likely to adversely affect any listed species or 
critical habitat.
    This proposed rule was developed after meaningful collaboration 
with the affected tribes, through the PFMC process. Under the MSA at 16 
U.S.C. 1852(b)(5), one of the voting members of the PFMC must be a 
representative of an Indian Tribe with Federally recognized fishing 
rights from the area of the PFMC's jurisdiction.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660

    Fisheries, Fishing, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Dated: September 16, 2014.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is 
proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES

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1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. et seq. and 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.

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2. Section Sec.  660.412 is revised to read as follows:

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Sec.  660.412  EFH identifications and descriptions for Pacific salmon.

    Essential fish habitat (EFH) is identified for anadromous Pacific 
salmon stocks managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) 
under the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP). These 
managed salmon include most of the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha) stocks and all of the coho salmon (O. kisutch) stocks from 
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California; as well as pink salmon (O. 
gorbuscha) stocks originating from watersheds within Puget Sound east 
of, and including, the Elwha River. The geographic extent of freshwater 
EFH is specifically identified in the FMP as all water bodies currently 
or historically occupied by PFMC-managed salmon in Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, and California; including aquatic areas above all artificial 
barriers that are not specifically excluded. Freshwater EFH, identified 
in Table 1 of this subpart H, is described using fourth field 
hydrologic unit codes developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (defined 
in U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural 
Resources Conservation Service: Federal guidelines, requirements, and 
procedures for the national Watershed Boundary Dataset: U.S. Geological 
Survey Techniques and Methods 11-A3, 2009). Table 1 also identifies the 
dams that represent the upstream extent of EFH in each hydrologic unit.
    (a) Chinook salmon EFH includes all water bodies currently or 
historically occupied by PFMC-managed Chinook salmon in Washington, 
Oregon, Idaho, and California as identified in Table 1 of this subpart. 
Chinook salmon EFH also includes the estuarine and marine areas 
extending from the extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal 
submerged environments within state territorial waters out to the full 
extent of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (200 nautical miles) 
offshore of Washington, Oregon, and California north of Point 
Conception; and the marine areas of Alaska that are designated as 
Chinook salmon EFH by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(NPFMC), for stocks that are also managed by the PFMC.
    (b) Coho salmon EFH includes all water bodies currently or 
historically occupied by PFMC-managed coho salmon in Washington, 
Oregon, Idaho, and California as identified in Table 1 of this subpart. 
Coho salmon EFH also includes the estuarine and marine areas extending 
from the extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal submerged 
environments within state territorial waters out to the full extent of 
the EEZ (200 nautical miles) offshore of Washington, Oregon, and 
California north of Point Conception; and the marine areas of Alaska 
that are designated as coho salmon EFH by the NPFMC, for stocks that 
are also managed by the PFMC.
    (c) Puget Sound pink salmon EFH includes all water bodies currently 
or historically occupied by PFMC-managed Puget Sound pink salmon in 
Washington State as identified in Table 1 of this subpart. Puget Sound 
pink salmon EFH also includes the estuarine and marine areas extending 
from the extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal submerged 
environments within state territorial waters north and east of Cape 
Flattery, Washington, including Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca 
and Strait of Georgia; the waters of the U.S. EEZ north of 48[deg] N 
latitude to the U.S.-Canada border; and marine areas of Alaska that are 
designated as pink salmon EFH by the NPFMC, for stocks that are also 
managed by the PFMC.

                           Table 1 to Subpart H of Part 660--Pacific Salmon EFH Identified by USGS Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)
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                                                                                                                   Puget  Sound
    4th Field hydrologic unit code       Hydrologic unit name          State(s)           Chinook    Coho  salmon       pink        Impassable dam(s)
                                                                                          salmon                      salmon
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17020005.............................  Chief Joseph...........  WA                               X             X            --   Chief Joseph Dam.
17020006.............................  Okanogan...............  WA                               X            --            --   n/a.
17020007.............................  Similkameen............  WA                               X            --            --   n/a.
17020008.............................  Methow.................  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17020009.............................  Lake Chelan............  WA                               X            --            --   n/a.
17020010.............................  Upper Columbia--Entiat.  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17020011.............................  Wenatchee..............  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17020012.............................  Moses Coulee...........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17020015.............................  Lower Crab.............  WA                               X            --            --   n/a.
17020016.............................  Upper Columbia--Priest   WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
                                        Rapids.
17030001.............................  Upper Yakima...........  WA                               X             X            --   Keechelus Dam, Kachess
                                                                                                                                  Dam (Kachess River).
17030002.............................  Naches.................  WA                               X             X            --   Rimrock Dam (Tieton
                                                                                                                                  River).
17030003.............................  Lower Yakima...........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060101.............................  Hells Canyon...........  OR/ID                            X            --            --   Hells Canyon Dam.
17060102.............................  Imnaha River...........  OR/ID                            X            --            --   n/a.
17060103.............................  Lower Snake--Asotin....  OR/WA/ID                         X             X            --   n/a.
17060104.............................  Upper Grande Ronde       OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
                                        River.
17060105.............................  Wallowa River..........  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060106.............................  Lower Grande Ronde.....  OR/WA                            X             X            --   n/a.
17060107.............................  Lower Snake--Tucannon..  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060108.............................  Palouse River..........  WA                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060110.............................  Lower Snake River......  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060201.............................  Upper Salmon...........  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060202.............................  Pahsimeroi.............  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060203.............................  Middle Salmon--Panther.  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060204.............................  Lemhi..................  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060205.............................  Upper Middle Fork        ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Salmon.
17060206.............................  Lower Middle Fork        ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Salmon.

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17060207.............................  Middle Salmon--          ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Chamberlain.
17060208.............................  South Fork Salmon......  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060209.............................  Lower Salmon...........  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060210.............................  Little Salmon..........  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060301.............................  Upper Selway...........  ID                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060302.............................  Lower Selway...........  ID                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060303.............................  Lochsa.................  ID                               X            --            --   n/a.
17060304.............................  Middle Fork Clearwater.  ID                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060305.............................  South Fork Clearwater..  ID                               X             X            --   n/a.
17060306.............................  Clearwater.............  WA/ID                            X             X            --   n/a.
17060308.............................  Lower North Fork         ID                               X            --            --   Dworshak Dam.
                                        Clearwater.
17070101.............................  Middle Columbia--Lake    OR/WA                            X             X            --   n/a.
                                        Wallula.
17070103.............................  Umatilla...............  OR                               X             X            --   McKay Dam (McKay
                                                                                                                                  Creek).
17070105.............................  Middle Columbia--Hood..  OR/WA                            X             X            --   n/a.
17070106.............................  Klickitat..............  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17070306.............................  Lower Deschutes........  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17080001.............................  Lower Columbia--Sandy..  OR/WA                            X             X            --   Bull Run Dam 2.
17080002.............................  Lewis..................  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17080003.............................  Lower Columbia--         OR/WA                            X             X            --   n/a.
                                        Clatskanie.
17080004.............................  Upper Cowlitz..........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17080005.............................  Cowlitz................  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17080006.............................  Lower Columbia.........  OR/WA                            X             X            --   n/a.
17090001.............................  Middle Fork Willamette.  OR                               X            --            --   n/a.
17090002.............................  Coast Fork Willamette..  OR                               X            --            --   Dorena Dam.
17090003.............................  Upper Willamette.......  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17090004.............................  McKenzie...............  OR                               X             X            --   Cougar Dam \1\.
17090005.............................  North Santiam..........  OR                               X             X            --   Big Cliff Dam \2\.
17090006.............................  South Santiam..........  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17090007.............................  Middle Willamette......  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17090008.............................  Yamhill................  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17090009.............................  Molalla--Pudding.......  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17090010.............................  Tualatin...............  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17090011.............................  Clackamas..............  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17090012.............................  Lower Willamette.......  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100101.............................  Hoh--Quillayute........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100102.............................  Queets--Quinault.......  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100103.............................  Upper Chehalis.........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100104.............................  Lower Chehalis.........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100105.............................  Grays Harbor...........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100106.............................  Willapa................  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100201.............................  Necanicum..............  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100202.............................  Nehalem................  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100203.............................  Wilson--Trask--Nestucca  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100204.............................  Siletz--Yaquina........  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100205.............................  Alsea..................  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100206.............................  Siuslaw................  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100207.............................  Siltcoos...............  OR                     ............            X            --   n/a.
17100301.............................  North Umpqua...........  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100302.............................  South Umpqua...........  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100303.............................  Umpqua.................  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100304.............................  Coos...................  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100305.............................  Coquille...............  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100306.............................  Sixes..................  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100307.............................  Upper Rogue............  OR                               X             X            --   Lost Creek Dam.
17100308.............................  Middle Rogue...........  OR                               X             X            --   Emigrant Dam.
17100309.............................  Applegate..............  CA/OR                            X             X            --   Applegate Dam.
17100310.............................  Lower Rogue............  OR                               X             X            --   n/a.
17100311.............................  Illinois...............  CA/OR                            X             X            --   n/a.
17100312.............................  Chetco.................  CA/OR                            X             X            --   n/a.
17110001.............................  Fraser.................  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
17110002.............................  Strait of Georgia......  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110003.............................  San Juan Islands.......  WA                              --             X            --   n/a.
17110004.............................  Nooksack...............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.

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17110005.............................  Upper Skagit...........  WA                               X             X             X   Gorge Lake Dam.
17110006.............................  Sauk...................  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110007.............................  Lower Skagit...........  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110008.............................  Stillaguamish..........  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110009.............................  Skykomish..............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110010.............................  Snoqualmie.............  WA                               X             X             X   Tolt Dam (S. Fork Tolt
                                                                                                                                  River).
17110011.............................  Snohomish..............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110012.............................  Lake Washington........  WA                               X             X   ............  Cedar Falls (Masonry)
                                                                                                                                  Dam (Cedar River).
17110013.............................  Duwamish...............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110014.............................  Puyallup...............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110015.............................  Nisqually..............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110016.............................  Deschutes..............  WA                               X             X   ............  n/a.
17110017.............................  Skokomish..............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110018.............................  Hood Canal.............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110019.............................  Puget Sound............  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110020.............................  Dungeness--Elwha.......  WA                               X             X             X   n/a.
17110021.............................  Crescent--Hoko.........  WA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010101.............................  Smith River............  CA/OR                            X             X            --   n/a.
18010102.............................  Mad--Redwood...........  CA                               X             X            --   Robert W. Matthews Dam.
18010103.............................  Upper Eel..............  CA                               X             X            --   Scott Dam.
18010104.............................  Middle Fork Eel........  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010105.............................  Lower Eel..............  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010106.............................  South Fork Eel.........  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010107.............................  Mattole................  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010108.............................  Big--Navarro--Garcia...  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010109.............................  Gualala--Salmon........  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010110.............................  Russian................  CA                               X             X            --   Coyote Valley Dam (E.
                                                                                                                                  Fork Russian R.) Warm
                                                                                                                                  Springs Dam (Dry Cr.).
18010206.............................  Upper Klamath..........  CA/OR                            X             X            --   Keno Dam.
18010207.............................  Shasta.................  CA                               X             X            --   Dwinnell Dam.
18010208.............................  Scott..................  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010209.............................  Lower Klamath..........  CA/OR                            X             X            --   n/a.
18010210.............................  Salmon.................  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18010211.............................  Trinity................  CA                               X             X            --   Lewiston Dam.
18010212.............................  South Fork Trinity.....  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18020104.............................  Sacramento--Stone        CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Corral.
18020111.............................  Lower American.........  CA                               X            --            --   Nimbus Dam.
18020115.............................  Upper Stony............  CA                               X            --            --   Black Butte Dam.
18020116.............................  Upper Cache............  CA                               X            --            --   Capay Dam \3\.
18020125.............................  Upper Yuba.............  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18020126.............................  Upper Bear.............  CA                               X            --            --   Camp Far West Dam.
18020151.............................  Cow Creek..............  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18020152.............................  Cottonwood Creek.......  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18020153.............................  Battle Creek...........  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18020154.............................  Clear Creek--Sacramento  CA                               X            --            --   Keswick Dam (Sacramento
                                        River.                                                                                    R.), Whiskeytown Dam
                                                                                                                                  (Clear Creek).
18020155.............................  Paynes Creek--           CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Sacramento River.
18020156.............................  Thomes Creek--           CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Sacramento River.
18020157.............................  Big Chico Creek--        CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Sacramento River.
18020158.............................  Butte Creek............  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18020159.............................  Honcut Headwaters--      CA                               X            --            --   Feather River Fish
                                        Lower Feather.                                                                            Barrier Dam.
18020161.............................  Upper Coon--Upper        CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        Auburn \4\.
18020162.............................  Upper Putah............  CA                               X            --            --   Monticello Dam.
18020163.............................  Lower Sacramento.......  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18040001.............................  Middle San Joaquin--     CA                               X            --            --   Buchanan Dam
                                        Lower Chowchilla \5\.                                                                     (Chowchilla River),
                                                                                                                                  Bear Dam (Bear Creek),
                                                                                                                                  Owens Dam (Owens
                                                                                                                                  Creek), Mariposa Dam.

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18040002.............................  Lower San Joaquin River  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
                                        \5\.
18040003.............................  San Joaquin Delta......  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18040007.............................  Fresno River...........  CA                               X            --            --   Hidden Dam.
18040008.............................  Upper Merced...........  CA                               X            --            --   Crocker--Huffman
                                                                                                                                  Diversion Dam.
18040009.............................  Upper Tuolumne.........  CA                               X            --            --   La Grange Dam (Tuolumne
                                                                                                                                  R.).
18040010.............................  Upper Stanislaus.......  CA                               X            --            --   Goodwin Dam.
18040011.............................  Upper Calaveras........  CA                               X            --            --   New Hogan Dam.
18040012.............................  Upper Mokelumne........  CA                               X            --            --   Camanche Dam.
18040013.............................  Upper Cosumnes.........  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18050001.............................  Suisun Bay.............  CA                               X            --            --   n/a.
18050002.............................  San Pablo Bay..........  CA                               X             X            --   San Pablo Dam (San
                                                                                                                                  Pablo Cr.).
18050003.............................  Coyote.................  CA                               X             X            --   LeRoy Anderson Dam.
18050004.............................  San Francisco Bay......  CA                               X             X            --   n/a.
18050005.............................  Tomales--Drake Bays....  CA                               X             X            --   Nicasio Dam (Nicasio
                                                                                                                                  Cr.), Peters Dam
                                                                                                                                  (Lagunitas Cr.).
18050006.............................  San Francisco Coastal    CA                              --             X            --   n/a.
                                        South.
18060015.............................  Monterey Bay \6\.......  CA                              --             X            --   Newell Dam (Newell
                                                                                                                                  Cr.).
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\1\ Cougar Dam is a barrier to coho salmon only. Chinook salmon are trapped and hauled above the dam.
\2\ Big Cliff Dam is a barrier to coho salmon only. Chinook salmon are trapped and hauled above the dam.
\3\ Capay Dam was selected as the upstream extent of EFH because it was identified as a complete barrier by NMFS biologists and is located in the
  vicinity of the historical upstream extent of Chinook salmon distribution.
\4\ Natural ``lower falls'' are downstream of any artificial barriers that would meet the criteria for designating them as the upstream extent of EFH;
  therefore, the upstream extent of EFH within this HU is at the ``lower falls''.
\5\ EFH for Chinook salmon in the Middle San Joaquin-Lower Chowchilla HU (18040001) and Lower San Joaquin River HU (18040002) includes the San Joaquin
  River, its eastern tributaries, and the lower reaches of the western tributaries. Although there is no evidence of current or historical Chinook
  salmon distribution in the western tributaries (Yoshiyama et al. 2001), the lower reaches of these tributaries could provide juvenile rearing habitat
  or refugia from high flows during floods as salmon migrate along the mainstem in this area.
\6\ EFH for coho salmon in the Monterey Bay HU does not include the sections south of the Pajaro HU (18060002).

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